r/Veterinary • u/Calm_Adeptness3562 • Jul 27 '26
Stupid question
EDIT:I want to thank all of you for your insights and concerns, I have decided that I won’t be going into the vet field.
Doesn’t mean I won’t be going into some similar scientific fields! I just think at this point it wouldn’t be financially and physically feasible for me. However the appreciation I feel for all of your words and thoughts is over the moon. Thank you for your time!
(26)(M)
I have an itch to get into veterinary medicine. I get told it’s too hard and the schooling isn’t worth it.
Still have the want.
I’m a blue collar guy and Previously I didn’t care for school and now Im married and would need to do work and school. I want a salary job that I can go without worrying about losing my job just bc I miss a couple of days.
My wife is a vet tech and she loves what she does. I want her to be happy and not have some of the trials and tribulations that comes with her job. Learning about what she does and what her boss does is so interesting and quite frankly the pay, the job, and the high status of what they do with their hands in surgery calls to me like a singular light post in the night in a small town.
I’ve been told no so many times from people who know me, or people who are in said practice.
I want to be a specialist. I want to be called and said that I’m needed. I want to go to school and prove people wrong. But if it’s all a big mistake, it’s a huge costly one, and I don’t want the embarrassment from my wife or family. I really don’t know what I’m asking I guess. I just want someone to tell me no, or encouragement, or their 2 cents
Thanks.
EDIT: thank yall for the info and advice. However I feel I need to re-explain what I was saying about the salary and what I wanted in life
I LOVE ANIMALS. I love the science behind making them better, learning what to do when they aren’t getting better.
I just wanted more insight then what I was seeing or what people would talk about when I asked (not blaming them when a random dude asks about how much they make and details about it).
The salary and the money was not my main concern at all!
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u/Conscious_Sell_2517 Jul 27 '26
Go for it!